Oriental assembly

ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY

Thursday, August [10]: Up at 7 A.M. breakfast,
and sent for a haircutter: not very good, but quite
clean. Afterwards looked over Suifi's stock, but
saw nothing worth having. Ditto tiles in the
Suk. Got the box with the hauberk I left here
in Feb. and started for Beyrout about i P.M.
Train overcrowded: very uncomfortable and
high fever at Ez Zebedani: so went ist where
there was an empty carriage. Slept well there,
and felt much better at Reyak where I ate.
Continued In empty carriage to Aln Sofar, where
Irruption of Russian Consul and family: only
for | an hour; they went out at Aleih. Went
on to Beyrout, a little feverish, sleeping much:
reached German hotel about 12 P.M. slept very
well, though very hot, and perspiring.

Hauberk =a shirt of mail for Mr. Charles fifoulkes, the expert
on armour (see his article in T, E. Lawrence by his Friends),